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News Release from: Bentley Systems | Subject: Integrated eGovernment project
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 October 2006
Oldham council wins 2006 BE Award
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, in Lancashire, England, has won a 2006 BE Award for its Integrated eGovernment project.
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (OMBC), in Lancashire, England, has won a 2006 BE Award for its Integrated eGovernment project The award category was "Best Overall IT Strategy"
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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In 1994, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (OMBC) initiated an integrated eGovernment IT strategy.
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Prior to that, all architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) and geospatial information was either paper or microfiche based and stored in disparate databases.
The new strategy would centralise and provide a seamless flow of all AEC and geospatial data related to design, operation, and management.
This would eliminate the duplication of data and resources, improve the efficiency of OMBC's operations, reduce costs, and streamline the delivery of services to the public - all of which would allow OMBC to maximise the return on its investment in software, hardware, and user training.
As Peter Taylor, CAD/GIS development officer for OMBC, explained, "Our new strategy provides engineering solutions that allow each department to specialise in its own discipline, yet it also enables information sharing among departments and improves interdepartmental cooperation".
"The government benefits from improved workflows and efficiencies, and the public benefits from the enhanced delivery of a broader range of services".
OMBC's criteria in selecting a solution to deliver eGovernment included ease of use, simplified administration, instant search and access to data, flexibility in design, and the ability to grow and adapt as requirements change.
It was also critical that all 3D AEC models interoperate with the geospatial solution - enabling internal and external developers to visualise their projects in a geospatial context.
In addition, the desktop design and data capture tools had to interoperate with other database systems.
Said Peter Taylor, "After stringent testing and evaluation, we determined that Bentley provides the most comprehensive and best-integrated portfolio of AEC and geospatial solutions".
"The software presents a single and familiar interface to all building, civil, plant, and geospatial disciplines, and allows data and designs created by one discipline to be used by others and form the basis of common workflows." Use of the Bentley AEC and geospatial solutions in OMBC's eGovernment strategy has expanded over time to include a growing diversity of applications.
Currently, OMBC is using 239 Bentley products to support every aspect of design or data management in every department, including environmental services, social services, education, regeneration, housing management, and corporate security.
Examples of specific data being recorded and managed include CCT camera locations, sewer networks, employee home locations, public rights of way, cycle networks, contaminated land sites, waste disposal sites, refuse collection routes, highway markings, and building design, construction and management.
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